Case against three persons registered in bomb blast

A case has been registered against three persons, including a gangster, in connection with the blast that took place in the Barwala village of the district leaving 12 people injured, police said here.

A case has been registered against three persons, including a gangster, in connection with the blast that took place in the Barwala village of the district leaving 12 people injured, police said here.

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The case has been registered against notorious gangster Vinod Bawla and two others in this regard.

12 people were injured on October 13 when a low-intensity bomb exploded during electioneering for Panchayat elections in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.

A packet kept on a cycle exploded when supporters of a candidate were campaigning in Barwala village, police said.

No arrest has been made in this connection and police are still investigating the matter, they added.